Question

The total cost, C, for running an advertisement in a local newspaper, The Free Press, is made up of an initial cost of $12 plus a charge of $5 per day. A rival newspaper, The Banner, is currently running a special on advertisements at $8 per day with no initial cost.
a) Write an equation representing the cost in The Free Press.
b) Write an equation representing the cost in The Banner.
c) For each newspaper, create a table of values.
d) Graph each cost on the same set of coordinate axis.
e) Which newspaper would you use for an ad that ran one day?
f) Which newspaper would you use for an ad that ran 12 days?

Answer 1

The answer would be c